Frequently asked questions: COVID-19 vaccines and breastfeeding based on WHO interim recommendations, 12 August 2021

15 September 2021
 | Technical document
Frequently asked questions: COVID-19 vaccines and breastfeeding based on WHO interim recommendations, 12 August 2021
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Overview

The FAQs are intended to provide answers to health care providers and the public, including mothers who are breastfeeding or expressing milk, on breastfeeding and the following COVID-19 vaccines:

  • Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2
  • Moderna mRNA-1273
  • Oxford University - AstraZeneca AZD1222
  • Janssen Ad26.COV2.S
  • Sinopharm - BIBP vaccine
  • Sinovac - CoronaVac
WHO Team
Food & Nutrition Action in Health Systems (AHS), Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS)
Editors
World Health Organization
Number of pages
2
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/2019-nCoV/FAQ/Breast_feeding/Vaccines/2021.1
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